Do people trust too much or too little?

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-276

  Fetchenhauer, Detlef ^a,b   Dunning, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Economic games; Investment game; Risk; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349104415     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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